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25 May 2020
Second Ministerial Conference on CRVS postponed until 2021
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(Newsletter: CRVS Insight May (2) 2020)

Considering the ongoing challenges due to COVID-19, the Regional Steering Group for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific made a recommendation to the 76th Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific to postpone the Second Ministerial Conference on CRVS until 2021. The Commission adopted the decision to postpone the Second Ministerial Conference on 21 May 2020. The Secretariat will now work with the Regional Steering Group and co-organisers of the conference to identify new dates.

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